News About: Goverment
Adjustment of prescription and dispense fees on main negotiation steps
The MOHW has formed a negotiating team for an adjustment of the prescription and dispensing fees in line with helping reasonable business management for pharmacies, hospitals and clinics under the new medical and phar...
The top six general hospitals disclosed their prescription drug list
Having faced with the government's separation plan of medical and pharmacy, Seoul National University Hospital and the other five leading general hospitals disclosed their prescription drug lists. Judging by those lis...
300 most common prescription drugs to supply in a set of stocks.
The Seoul KPA and city/province drug wholesalers (KPWA) met together on June 5 to discuss the issue on an inventory keeping of about 300 most common prescription drugs in a set to perform a smooth dispensing activity ...
Separation pilot test to set up at 4 regions.
The MOHW selected 4 regions to perform the pilot test for the government medical and pharmacy separation program in an attempt to find out any problems arising in the practical implementing process of the impending me...
Additional warning statements to instruct for all stimulant laxatives.
The KFDA determined that new authorization for 21 antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory agents including Bromfenac sodium would be restricted and 11 stimulant laxatives including Bisacodyl, Senna, Rhubarb, Casc...
Minister Cha of MOHW stressed separation plan to be launched as scheduled.
In the press interview on June 1 at 1:30 p.m. at the conference room of the MOHW, Minister Cha Hung-bong made it clear that the people had to abide to the law enacted under the right procedures, and the government med...
Cancer drugs and others to exclude from separation plan.
The MOHW announced the scope of exceptional drugs to be excluded from the provisional restrictions generally applied to the government separation system of medical and pharmacy practice as scheduled to launch from Jul...
337 new products by 75 companies approved for medical insurance reimbursement scheme.
As of June 1 the MOHW announced the revised insurance drug price list, which additionally included 337 new products manufactured by 75 companies, adjusted prices for 21 products of 10 companies, deleted 43 products of...
MOHW reclassified drugs by 61.5% prescriptions and 38.5% non-prescriptions.
The MOHW has completed a reclassification work and officially announced for the total 27,962 products as 61.5% (17,187 items) of prescription and 38.5% (10,775 items) of non-prescription drugs. This issue has been one...
Medical and pharmacy separation system to be reviewed after 6 months of its implementation.
Reviewing 8 proposed issues of the medical community including their separation model project, the MOHW responded that the out-results of the medical and pharmacy separation system would be reassessed after 6 months f...
